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CHINESE CHARACTER

fèng

缝

缝

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seam

Numbered pinyin
feng4
English meanings
to sew, to stitch, seam, crack, narrow slit, CL:道[dao4]

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 纟; right 逢.

  • Left

    纟
  • Right

    逢
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    • Outside

      辶
    • Inside

      夆
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      • Top

        夂
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      • Bottom

        丰
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Meaning & sound clues

纟 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “thread”.

逢 is identified as the sound component (féng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 缝.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰纟逢

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yī一tiáo条fèng缝。

    A crack.

  2. 02

    fèng缝xì隙。

    A gap.

  3. 03

    hé合shàng上fèng缝。

    Close the gap.

  4. 04

    fénghé缝合。

    Sew up.

  5. 05

    lièfèng裂缝。

    A crack.

  6. 06

    xiūbǔ修补。

    Repair.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 缝合
  • 裂缝